Outdoor Adventures: Mountain Biking, Disc Golf and Yoga by the Lake | Staytripper | Seven Days

, 2020-08-25 02:00:00,

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Slate Valley Trails

Endless Brook, 975 Endless Brook Rd., Poultney (across from the Lewis Deane Nature Preserve)
Fairgrounds, 131 Town Farm Rd., Poultney

For mountain bikers living in northern Vermont, it’s easy to fall into a rut of pedaling the same logging roads and single tracks week after week. But riders looking to broaden their off-road horizons should consider a trip to southwestern Vermont. At Slate Valley Trails in Poultney, everyone from beginners to seasoned dirt junkies can find miles of new multiuse trails to shred.

In August, Slate Valley Trails, a nonprofit chapter of the Vermont Mountain Biking Association, opened a new connector linking two popular mountain bike networks: Endless Brook and Fairgrounds. Together, the combined network offers 40 miles of off-road single- and double-track trails, all of it free and open to the public.

Andy Vermilyea, president of Slate Valley Trails, said the trails “offer something for everybody.”…

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